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Total number of records: 3380

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Coins	3163
People and organisations	151
Objects	52
Archives	9
Textiles	3
Books and printed items	2

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Coin Collection	3159
International Textile Collection	3
Brotherton Collection	3
Cookery Collection	2
Herbert Read Collection	1
English Literature	1

Count of Subject

Subject	Count
toilets	1
baths	1
letter	1

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Rome	546
Alexandria, Egypt	188
Constantinople	148
Trier	144
Arles	114
Sisak	113
Antioch, Syria	112
Antioch	80
Lyons	69
Syracuse	48

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Constantine I (306-37)	203
Elagabalus	98
Severus Alexander	90
Gordian III	82
Caracalla	77
Constantius II (324-61)	73
Philip I	67
Antoninus Pius	65
Hadrian	64
Constantine II (317-37)	64

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 100	687
From 200	1098
From 300	943
From 400	111
From 500	209
From 600	137
From 700	45
From 800	38
From 900	47
From 1000	1
From 1100	1
From 1700	3
From 1800	2
From 1900	1
From 2000	47

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 99	6
Up to 199	588
Up to 299	1296
Up to 399	893
Up to 499	84
Up to 599	223
Up to 699	128
Up to 799	27
Up to 899	42
Up to 999	93

Archive Collection

[Greek Gospels]

McLeish, Charles (1949-); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor

10th century

Manuscript in Greek Minuscule on parchment, containing the text of the Gospels, with lectionary divisions in margins. Imperfect: wanting numerous leaves and with some sections of the text supplied lat...

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Paros Hoard

AD 117–AD 254

A hoard of 253 Roman sestertii allegedly from Paros, bought in Athens in 1947. See S.Glenn 'A third century hoard of sestertii from Paros', Numismatic Chronicle 182 (2022), pp. 375–394.

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